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  • Conglomerate Mesa Mineral Exploration Report with Pete Dronkers – FREE

    Join Friends of the Inyo and the Conglomerate Mesa Coalition for a virtual (Zoom) evening presentation by Pete Dronkers, author of Conglomerate Mesa Mineral Exploration: Potential Future Mining Scenarios and Impacts. This report is an in-depth analysis of what a large-scale mining operation would look like at Conglomerate Mesa. The report has been peer-reviewed and examines the geology of the region to better characterize the size and scope of a future mine, as well as its potential long-term environmental liabilities, by comparing its geology to similar existing mines in Nevada.  Pete Dronkers has over a decade of experience analyzing the...

  • Dec. 4 – ON THE BODIE HILLS: Zoom presentation with Friends of the Inyo’s JORA FOGG and the Range of Light Group 30X30 initiative

    The Bodie Hills lie between the Sierra Nevada and the Great Basin Desert on the California/Nevada border.   Its landscape is both scenic and ecologically diverse with rounded volcanic mountains, aspen groves, meadows and ephemeral lakes. The Bodie Hills provide habitat for a variety of species including the imperiled Bi-State Sage Grouse. The place is also rich in pre and post colonial cultural history. Jora Fogg knows much about this special place.  She is Policy Director for Friends of the Inyo and leads the Bodie Hills Conservation Partnership––a coalition of organizations opposed to industrial-scale gold mining in the hills, and advocating...

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  • Free Online Evening Event Oct. 4: ‘Island in the Sky’ – Conglomerate Mesa Short Documentary + Panel Discussion

    We invite you to join Friends of the Inyo and the Conglomerate Mesa Coalition for a FREE virtual evening presentation of Island in the Sky, a short documentary film followed by a panel discussion. This film looks at the impacts of gold mining on Conglomerate Mesa and takes a look at K2 Gold's most recent proposal. A panel discussion will follow. Our Panelists are: Kathy Jefferson Bancroft, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe Mike Prather, Lone Pine resident. Sierra Club desert activist, Audubon Owens Lake wildlife advocate. Wendy Schneider, Executive Director, Friends of the Inyo Kris Hohag, Organizer,...

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  • 2nd Annual Online Great Basin Water Justice Summit Nov. 2 – 3

    Join Friends of the Inyo, Owens Valley Indian Water Commission, Great Basin Water Network, and Eastern Sierra Land Trust, for the 2nd Annual Online Great Basin Water Justice Summit, this November 2nd and 3rd. While the in-person summmit is by invitation only for local tribal and water activists, environmentalists, and community leaders, we are pleased to once again offer the opportunity for the general public to tune in virtually for FREE. Attend one or both days as you are able. If you are unable to connect in real time, recordings of the presentations will be made available to the public...

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  • Mining Threats in the Sierra Nevada Virtual Webinar, October 15th 12-1PM

    Join Friends of the Inyo, Earthworks, and Community Environmental Advocates,  for a virtual Mining Threats in the Sierra Nevada webinar, hosted by the Sierra Nevada Alliance. California and specifically the Sierra Nevada region is both an old and new extractive frontier, with hotspots of environmental injustice. Abandoned gold rush era mines have left a toxic legacy that continues to impact communities and ecosystems. Recently, high gold prices have sparked renewed interest in exploration for open pit mines, threatening biologically diverse and sacred landscapes from the Sierras to the desert. Meanwhile, rising demand for electric vehicles is driving a “white gold...

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  • LOSING PEAKS, PINYONS, AND WILDLIFE: Bodie Hills at Risk, May 27th 6:30-8 PM

        Join us for a free virtual presentation on gold exploration in the Bodie Hills by local experts from the Sierra Club and Earthworks on May 27th at 6:30 PM. Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/m1l4e75qRgKhJ2elqTMLeA#/registration California and specifically the Sierra Nevada region is both an old and new extractive frontier, with hotspots of environmental injustice. Abandoned gold rush era mines have left a toxic legacy that continues to impact communities and ecosystems. Recently, high gold prices have sparked renewed interest in exploration for open pit mines, threatening biologically diverse and sacred landscapes from the Sierras to the desert.  Join us to learn...

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  • The New Great Basin Water Justice Summit Virtual Series: Premiering November 19th 5:30 PM- 7:30 PM

    Virtual Event

    The New Great Basin Water Justice Summit Virtual Series: Premiering November 19th 5:30 PM- 7:30 PM On behalf of the Owens Valley Indian Water Commission, the Great Basin Water Network, and Friends of the Inyo, we would like to invite you to join the 4th Annual Great Basin Water Justice Summit-- with a twist. In order to best include the depth and breadth of the conversations we want to have, connecting voices and stories across the great basin, we are evolving the Summit into a monthly virtual series for the 2025-2026 year. The summit aims to foster an open dialogue...

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  • The New Great Basin Water Justice Summit Virtual Series: Session 2 December 10th 5:30 PM- 7:30 PM

    Virtual Event

    The New Great Basin Water Justice Summit Virtual Series: Session 2, December 10th 5:30 PM-7:30 PM   "What Happens on the Colorado River Doesn't Stay There: How its Scarcity Affects Great Basin Communities" with Great Basin Water Network. On behalf of the Owens Valley Indian Water Commission, the Great Basin Water Network, and Friends of the Inyo, we would like to invite you to join the 4th Annual Great Basin Water Justice Summit-- with a twist. In order to best include the depth and breadth of the conversations we want to have, connecting voices and stories across the great basin,...

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  • The New Great Basin Water Justice Summit Virtual Series: Session 3 January 14th 5:30 PM- 7:30 PM

    Virtual Event

    The New Great Basin Water Justice Summit Virtual Series: Session 3, January 14th 5:30 PM-7:30 PM    "Revealing Payahuunadü: Building Community Understanding of the Impacts of Water Extraction" with Friends of the Inyo's Water Empowerment Organizers Charlene Buff and Emily Ontiveros. On behalf of the Owens Valley Indian Water Commission, the Great Basin Water Network, and Friends of the Inyo, we would like to invite you to join the 4th Annual Great Basin Water Justice Summit-- with a twist. In order to best include the depth and breadth of the conversations we want to have, connecting voices and stories across...

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